Note 9 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2017			2016
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	216		$	226
Amortization of unrecognized loss		174			201
Expected return on plan assets		(348	)		(348	)
Net employee pension expense	$	42		$	79
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	10		$	11
Interest cost		23			24
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(23	)		(21	)
Amortization of past service liability		10			10
Net outside director pension expense	$	20		$	24
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	79		$	90
Interest cost		76			80
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-			12
Amortization of past service liability		(21	)		(21	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	134		$	161